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Netflix on Hold, Scholarship, etc.

February 9th, 2011 at 07:31 pm

I finally did the deed of putting Netflix on hold yesterday. It would have charged me for another month today. I felt really conflicted about it because I do get so much use out of it - not just personal use, but use as a tutoring tool as well. (At least twice I used it with one tutoring student to watch television programs for an assignment.)

But I got to looking at my money situation again - especially considering that in February I'm going to be WAY short on tutoring income thanks to illness of students and weather - and my heart started pounding faster. Not that $10/month is really going to make that much difference ... but it is something.

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One of the things that had me worried is that my scholarship money had not credited yet - and the uni site was not showing account information. Thankfully late yesterday evening I got an email telling me that my scholarship had credited, and my account was paid in full.

I was seriously contemplating taking money out of my ROTH. I may still have to end up doing that ... but I'm going to wait till I'm down to my last $500. Gulp.

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I'm thinking that from now on I'm going to be getting paypal credits for Swagbucks instead of the Amazon cards. If my computer starts really getting finicky, I probably can give it more life with a reformat. I had to do that a few years ago, and it perked it up.

I can't do paypal for all the sites I work on, but for those I do, I think cash probably would be better than Amazon credits right now. Although I can use the AGC for quinoa/lentils, etc.

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School was canceled once again today. Mom called me and told me the roads were fine and she doesn't understand why the schools were closed. She talked me into doing my tutoring with the family we do together - just a few hours earlier than normal on a Wednesday. I hope she's right. I really could use that $50.

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I'm doing awful on the 100 day challenge - to put it mildly. Sigh.

4 Responses to “Netflix on Hold, Scholarship, etc.”

  1. Jerry Says:
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    It's so hard when you are waiting for the school money that will keep you afloat, but there are delays that lead to so much stress! I am having that same issue with my military GI Bill funds... it would be so nice to have some insurance that these things would go faster. I hope yours hits soon! (Mine, too...)
    Jerry

  2. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    Thanks Jerry! My scholarship money did hit (finally) sometime last night. I think the weather last week delayed it getting sent out. (The uni was closed for 5 days last week due to weather.)

    I hope your money comes through soon!

  3. My English Castle Says:
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    After years of only library DVDs, we've been streaming Netflix through the Wii and I'm hooked. It's pure bliss to me to get my grading done while watching MI5. I'm such a sad case. I hadn't thought about your bad weather affecting your tutoring. Hope sunny days are heading your way!

  4. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Thanks! I've made all of $50 so far in February - and that was tonight. Tomorrow though looks like I'll have good weather and another $90 (tutoring)

    If I can get one more tutoring student for at least two hours a week, I'll be putting back Netflix. I will really miss it. Frown I did borrow a couple movies from the library, but I can't watch them on my phone. (unless I rip them on my computer and input them into iTunes somehow, then download to my phone ...)

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